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Sunthorn Ratchawongsa (สุนทรราชวงศาฯ)
Thai. Name of
the first
ruler of
Yasothon,
with the title of
Phra
and who ruled from 1814 to 1823 AD.
He is also known as
Chao Kham Singh (เจ้าคำสิงห์)
and is sometimes referred to with the alternative title of
thao,
i.e. Thao
Kham Singh (ท้าวคำสิงห์).
After his father Faay Nah (ฝ่ายหน้า),
as well as
Chao Kham Singh
and other relatives
successfully fought in several wars, i.e. against
Vientiane
repressed a rebellion of the
Khmer
on the side of King
Taksin (fig.);
and from merit gained in suppressing the Ai Chiang Kaew (อ้ายเชียงแก้ว)
rebellion by fighting on the side of King
Rama I
(fig.)
when rebels in 1791 AD seized
Champasak,
his father was
promoted to the third and new ruler of the
Lan Xang
Champasak Kingdom by King Rama I, who bestowed him with the noble title of
Phra Wichaiya Ratcha Suriyawongkhatiyaraat
(พระวิไชยราชสุริยวงษขัติยราช).
He
is also known as Phra Wichaiya
Ratchakhattiyawongsa
(พระวิไชยราชขัตติยวงศา) and reigned as Lord Ruler
of Champasak
for twenty years until
his death in 1811. After his demise, King
Rama II (fig.),
graciously granted Chao Nu (เจ้านู), also known as Chao No Meuang (เจ้าหน่อเมือง)
and the grandson of
Luang Chaiyakumaan (ไชยกุมาร),
the former ruler of Champasak, to rule the kingdom from then onward as Prince
Ruler of Champasak. Dissatisfied with his this decision and with the latter's
rule,
Sunthorn Ratchawongsa migrated
with his family and a host of other people to Ban Sing Tha (บ้านสิงห์ท่า), where
he had a stupa built to store the ashes of his father. He later developed Ban
Sing Tha to prosper under him, prompting King Rama II to raise its status to
that of a city, while renaming it
Meuang Yot Sunthorn (ยศสุนทร), i.e. the ‘Status
(or Rank) of Sunthorn, after Sunthorn Ratchawongsa and making him the first
ruler of the city that was to become Yasothon. To make merit and mourn the death
of some of his close relatives, Sunthorn Ratchawongsa built Wat Sri Thammaram (วัดศรีธรรมาราม)
and today his statue stands on a piazza in front of the temple's entrance.
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